Lydbrook WW2 air raid shelter (General)

by maurices, Saturday, November 21, 2009, 16:27 (5561 days ago)

I wonder if anyone remembers what purpose the cave running from the bank behind the pop factory under the railway line and tunnel originally was excavated for? When I was young it was used as an air raid shelter during the war and had bus seats running down each side. There appears to be a works in front of the opening in the photo from 1916 on the photo gallery pages and I was wondering if they were connected in some way. The cave ran (from memory) quite a way towards the lime kilns. Although I was born in Lydbrook (1925) and lived there until I married (1946) I cannot recall ever hearing anyone say!

Maurice Scrivens